Re: libtool under msys bug

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 08:09:41PM CEST:
> * Sam Thursfield wrote on Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 07:00:34PM CEST:
> > I have found this bug in 1.5 and 2.2.4. The problem is $dllsearchpatch
> > has a preceding :, which confuses Windows and causes the executable
> > wrapper script to not work, because it sets PATH to something Windows
> > doesn't understand. If the preceeding : is removed from PATH in the
> > wrapper script, it locates all of the DLL's fine.
> > 
> > I have attached my patch which fixes the issue, although I am not sure
> > of its "correctness".
> 
> The patch is pretty obviously correct; I will apply it.

Done.  Still, we would like to have a description of how to reproduce
the bug, so we can add a testcase.

Thanks,
Ralf